Shorts: Student Shorts

Controlled Burn
Narrative • Drama • Canada • 2025 • 22 Minutes

Director: Peter Howie
Writer: Peter Howie
Cinematography: Ryan McIntyre
Editor: Peter Howie
Producers: Peter Howie, Jenn McGouran, Ryan McIntyre, Geof Read
Cast: Breton Lalama, Devin Ross

Reid spends his final day of parole doing all the things that got him there in the first place.

Out Of The Box
Narrative • Comedy • USA • 2024 • 15 Minutes

Director: Rene Marcelle
Writer: Rene Marcelle
Cinematography: Fiona Paskoff
Editor: Rene Marcelle, Allie Cincera
Producers: Sophia Harrigan, Tatiana Hernandez
Cast: Lisitte Mora, James Kelley Carroll, Phoenix Lawson, John Henderson, Leland Hao, Brach Drew

A perfectionist creates a cardboard world to escape from her mistakes, and her best friend and his brother must get her out before her cardboard paradise turns into a prison.

Brothers
Narrative • Drama • USA • 2024 • 15 Minutes

Director: Jay Lape
Writer: Jay Lape
Cinematography: Luca Fariello
Editor: Colin Sandee
Producers: Milton “Josh” Beal, Diana Barrios, Jay Lape
Cast: Peyton Owen, Garrett Sweere

A cautious teen struggles to pull his reckless brother back from the edge, but as their turbulent night unfolds, he’s forced to question whether some wounds can ever truly heal.

Conspirituality
Narrative • Drama • USA • 2024 • 17 Minutes

Director: Jake Edwards
Writer: Jake Edwards
Cinematography: Jake Edwards
Editor: Jake Edwards
Producers: Brent Notbohm
Cast: Satori Rekstad, Nolan Krouch, Sydnie DeMeyer, Addison Johnson, Sara Vindel Cordero, Halle Carlson, Daniel Young, Nicolai Stokker and Jake Edwards

A troubled young woman in constant pain and looking for healing solutions is given a new path by a charismatic figure.

Unbreaking
Narrative • Drama • USA • 2024 • 9 Minutes

Director: J. Andrew
Writer: J. Andrew
Cinematography: Marilyn Flores
Editor: J. Andrew
Producers: J. Andrew, Ryan LaLonde, Philly Lasiter, Chris Moody, Luke Powell, Micaela Presti, Lynn Riordan, Stiven Olivares
Cast: Copney Toler, Farber Moody-LaLonde, Grant Policar, Taryn Macallan, DJ Tinaz

An otherworldly child finds healing and a new best friend through the Japanese art of Kintsugi.

Apart
Narrative • Drama • USA • 2024 • 18 Minutes

Director: Sukwon Jeong
Writer: Sukwon Jeong
Producers: Luyao Tian, Victoria Kim, Hank Yang
Cast: Joyce Ku, Sukwon Jeong, Sabine Wan

College drop-out Sukjin leaves Korea to travel halfway around the world to close a growing emotional distance with his unspoken lover, Hayoon, only to be pulled even further apart.

We Are Not Magicians
Narrative • Comedy/Drama • Taiwan • 2024 • 15 Minutes

Director: Yu-Lun Chang
Writer: Yu-Lun Chang
Producers: Kuan Lee

Yang Jie, once a winner of a major magic award, is now struggling to make a living between teaching at an after-school care center and performing commercially.